Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1926)

Photoplai Magazine Advertising Si i now i i i Brickbats and Bouquets \ii\i i n i ROM PAG] 15 ] Rudy's Still C.»t It Vincenne 1 am writing to express my sincere adi lion for Rudolph Valentino. 1 have never missed one picture, so far, thai he has been in. ourse every one i-~ privileged to choose their own ;u tor-, and actresses, but it sure does nuke me hot to read those letters 'on demning him. The last picture that 1 raw him was "The I agle 1 thought it was .1 splendid plot and had gorgeous settings. Hurray, for the new comer Vilma Banky. 1 « ish her the host of lu< k III II N l'llll.l I \i» Thrills Ever Legitimate? Washington, D. (' I want to express my disappointment at "The Road to Yesterday." Why did not ho Mille have the original modern introduction? Instead of an English house party where an American girl, tired bv visiting the rs and other romantic places, dreams of the past, we have the events occur Lncon grously in the Grand Canon and are told a hectic story of atavistic aversions and most modern had behavior. The only decenl thing in the tir-t part was the rather pathetic figure of Joseph Schildkraut. I suppose the Grand Canon and the psy chopathetic melodrama were introduced for the sake of thrills but it seems to me there were enough legitimate thrills in the nth century part for the modern part to lie convincing. If I had not liked the old story and part of the treatment of it in the movie very much, I should not care whether the first part were had or not hut I hate to see a good thing ruined by inconsistencies. Katharine Gerry. Natacha's Champion London. Eng. As one who is most interested in the progress of motion pictures, I feel I must express my gratitude to you for your interesting and pertinent contribution to the subject in the February editorial of your valuable magazine. I am glad to know there is nothing vindictive or mean about Mr. Valentino but the deplorable lack of business capacity in his matrimonial affairs is the cause of the trouble. Love, desire for children, family affection are in real life, of course, as extinct as Dodo and only survive in the films for their spectacular value. Faced with her husband's ridiculously old fashioned views and failure to realize that marriage is a business concern, there was naturally no course open to Mrs. Valentino as a noble and devoted wife, but to leave her husband without delay to recoup her losses on a bad investment by screening her marriage failure and so to achieve her status as a business woman. \Y. T. Potter. Nice Pollyanna Jamaica, X. Y. If we didn't have rain once in a while we wouldn't appreciate the sun and if we didn't have a few pictures that weren't so good we wouldn't appreciate the good pictures. So why don't the people that are always criticizing the pictures remember the good and forget the terrible? I always do that and it agrees with me very well. I like Bill Hart's pictures and I would like to see one soon. Mary R. Flfleks". Golden State Limited Rock Island —one of the country's finest None faster, more luxuriously equipped. First-class throughout, with every refinement planned for comfort. Observation and club cars; shower baths; barber, valet, ladies' maid. Golden State dining car service. Direct Through Service Daily between Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Diego. It's the line of low altitude. Connects at Chicago with fast trains to points farther east. Also, Golden State Express and Californian daily. Southern Pacific Lines F.S.McGinnis, Passenger Traffic Manager, Southern Pacific Company San Francisco, California L, M. Allen.Vice-President and Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island Lines Chicago, Illinois Hollywood Ticket Office: 6768 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles Ticket Office: 212 West Seventh Rock Island and Southern PacificTravel Bureaus in all Principal Cities When you write to advenlsers please mention riTOTOl'T AT MAOAZTNS.